{"id":19721,"date":"2012-06-15T12:54:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T09:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=19721"},"modified":"2019-03-30T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T17:26:19","slug":"roy-hodgsons-plan-to-destroy-sweden-andy-carroll-euro-2012-news-19721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/roy-hodgsons-plan-to-destroy-sweden-andy-carroll-euro-2012-news-19721\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Hodgson’s Plan to Destroy Sweden, Andy Carroll \/ EURO 2012 News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roy Hodgson has called for England to be more “clinical” with their attacking play when they face Sweden in Friday’s Group D qualifier in Kiev<\/h1>\n

England\u00a0reach a crossroads on Friday night on one of the world\u2019s oldest trading routes. The road they have chosen to go down involves sweeping in crosses from the wide acres, seeking to shred a Swedish defence which has conceded nine of its last 11 goals to airborne assaults.<\/p>\n

England, a slight rush of adrenalin now slipping into their veins, want to play a game of heads and tails up. Andy Carroll could prove the ace in Roy Hodgson\u2019s partly-reshuffled pack.
\nVictory would guide Hodgson\u2019s side closer to the quarter-finals of Euro 2012, confirming they have chosen the right road.
\nDraw or defeat would leave England stuck at the perennial crossroads since 1966, still nervous about the correct direction ahead.
\nFor Hodgson, preparing the tactics against a nation he knows so well, the Sweden game also represents a crossroads. The former Malmo manager may assay a far more attacking style than initially suspected by those who watched his steady but unspectacular Fulham and West Bromwich Albion sides.<\/p>\n

England were far more defensive against France in the opening 1-1 draw but now is the time for letting off the handbrake.<\/h2>\n

He is not one to resent publicly a barb against his team but Hodgson will surely have heard the slightly snide remark from France\u2019s coach, Laurent Blanc, last night that his team must not \u201crepeat the first 30 minutes against England.
\nIf we had played against a really good side it would have been over\u201d.
\nHodgson is big on respect in word and deed. \u201cI would be surprised if teams weren\u2019t taking England seriously,\u2019\u2019 he said.
\n\u201cWith the reputation of football in England, not least of all the quality of the Premier League and the famous names in there, I don\u2019t think we are ever going to be taken lightly. In fact, we run the risk of a country like Sweden, who spend a lot of their time watching the Premier League.<\/p>\n

They get extra motivation to beat England because they like to<\/h3>\n

show that these highly paid superstars are no better than our own players.
\n\u201cIt makes them exceptionally dangerous because they have got the organisation, the discipline, the work ethic, and then they have got players [such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic] whose talent would probably get him into a lot of other teams in this tournament.\u201d
\nThe atmosphere will be against the English, who have only 5,000 fans and their liberated brass band against 18,000 Swedes.
\nYet England have Hodgson, who has yet to lose in four attempts against Sweden as an international manager, having two wins and a draw while managing Switzerland and a draw with Finland.
\nFive England managers have failed to defeat Sweden \u2013 Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan and Sven-Goran Eriksson.
\nHodgson managed it with the Swiss in qualifying for Euro 96. He plots another at this charismatic crossroads in Ukraine tonight.<\/p>\n

Latest Team News<\/h4>\n

England’s Wayne Rooney is still suspended for the Three Lions, but will be available for their third and final group match against Ukraine next week. Rooney’s absence was certainly felt as England struggled to capitalize on the French defense which, at times, was certainly exposed.<\/p>\n

Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain was a surprise starter for Roy Hodgson’s men in their first match, but was strong on the wing and will likely start again for England. His pace and attacking strength is of short supply in the England squad, and with plenty of natural ability he could open up the Swedish defense.<\/p>\n

Projected Lineups<\/strong><\/h5>\n

England : Joe Hart, Glen Johnson, Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott, John Terry, Alex Oxlade-Cheamberlain, Steven Gerrard, Scot Parker, Ashley Young, Andy Carrol, Danny Welbeck \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Formation 4-4-1-1<\/p>\n

Sweden: Isaksson, Lustig, Mehlberg, Granqvist, Olsson, Larsson, Elm, Kallstr\u00f6m, Toivonen, Elmander, Ibrahimovic \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Formation: 4-4-1-1<\/p>\n

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Key Players: Steven Gerrard England, Rasmus Elm Sweden<\/p>\n\n

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